But Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank and pioneer of microcredit, has embarked on yet another crusade: to foster a new kind of organization, the “social business.” In his new book, Building ...

The title of Muhammad Yunus’ new book, Creating a World Without Poverty ... updates the history of the Grameen Bank, for which most readers will know him; offers his thoughts on the potential of ...

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 was divided into two equal parts going to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank for their efforts to create economic and social development from below.

In 2006, Muhammad Yunus ... books, including the best-seller The End of Poverty, and is a professor of sustainable development and health policy and management at Columbia University. The Grameen ...

In less than seven months into his tenure, Bangladesh's Chief Advisor, Muhammad ... Grameen Bank, was granted a five-year tax exemption, and other businesses connected to Yunus or his family ...

Bangladesh's central bank has fired Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, the celebrated microfinance pioneer who started lending small sums of money at Grameen Bank almost 30 years ago. AFP reports that ...

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 was awarded, divided into two equal parts, to Bangladesh economist Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank for their efforts ...

Dhaka, Feb 6 (AFP) Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is facing more than 100 lawsuits from disgruntled employees at the telecoms unit of his poverty-busting microfinance Grameen Bank ...

Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, which he founded, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 “for their efforts to create economic and social development from below.” Since then, ...